Cathedral of the Drowned
Checking Availibility...Description
The sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned is a dripping, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds.
There are two halves of Charlie Duchamp. One is a brain in a jar, stranded on Jupiter's jungle moon, Io, who just wants to go home. The other is hanging on the wall of Barrowfield Home on Earth's own moon, host to the eggs of the Moon Spider and filled with a murderous rage.
On Io, deep in the flooded remains of a crashed cathedral ship, lives a giant centipede called The Bishop, who has taken control of the drowned astronauts inside. Both Charlies converge here, stalking each other in the haunted ruins, while a new Moon Spider prepares to hatch.
About this Author
Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters. He's twice won the Shirley Jackson Award, and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and Locus Awards. His stories have been adapted into the Hulu limited series Monsterland and the film Wounds. He lives in Asheville, NC.
Reviews
"Nathan Ballingrud has skillfully redefined the literary possibilities of science-fiction/fantasy and horror with this remarkably ambitious and blistering work. This marvelous creation somehow feels impossibly ageless as well as penetratingly precise at the same time with its pulpy, nightmarish energy. A demented bacchanalia written at an intense fever pitch, Cathedral of the Drowned is sumptuous, grotesque, and utterly ravishing." --Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
Praise for Crypt of the Moon Spider
"A wicked, pulpy, hideously gorgeous phantasmagoria that will leave you helplessly twitching in its grand web. Nathan Ballingrud once again demonstrates that he's one of our finest writers." --Paul Tremblay
"This short, surreal novella feels like a slice of a much larger story in the best way. A thoughtful meditation on personhood, judgment, and trauma. Not for the arachnophobic among us." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the Alchemical Journeys series
"Crypt of the Moon Spider is a Gothic fantasy where madness nests within madness of emotional vistas that are as bleak as bleached bones. Ballingrud's immense talent shines, cold and furious." --Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories)
"Crypt of the Moon Spider is a superb and unnerving work of science fiction." --Owen King, author of The Curator
"Nathan Ballingrud is one of our best and most original writers....Crypt of the Moon Spider is psychologically rich, nightmarishly vivid, and deeply scary." --Dan Chaon, author of Sleepwalk
"Unhesitatingly violent and wildly fantastical, Ballingrud's fever dream of a novel will reward daring readers with something they haven't seen before." --Publishers Weekly
"A truly creepy, utterly riveting story." --Library Journal
Additional Praise for Nathan Ballingrud
North American Lake Monsters was a World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker award finalist!
"Nathan Ballingrud is one of my favorite short fiction writers." --Jeff VanderMeer, Nebula Award-winning author of Annihilation, on North American Lake Monsters
"Stretch[es] the boundaries of the genre by employing these grand, horrific worlds." --The New York Times on Wounds
"Nathan Ballingrud is one of my favorite contemporary authors and any time he's got a new book out I run to the front of the line. His work is elegant and troublingly, wonderfully disturbing." --Victor LaValle, award-winning author of The Changeling, on Wounds
If the product is in stock at the store nearest you, we suggest you call ahead to have it set aside for you, or you may place an order online and choose in-store pickup.
